Spatial dilemmas of diffusible public goods

The emergence of cooperation is a central question in evolutionary biology. Microorganisms often cooperate by producing a chemical resource (a public good) that benefits other cells. The sharing of public goods depends on their diffusion through space. Previous theory suggests that spatial structure...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Allen, Benjamin, Gore, Jeff, Nowak, Martin A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd. 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98064
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4583-8555